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2014 GMC Acadia - Quality Review

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QUALITY | 9 out of 10

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Whether buckets or bench, the 2nd-row seats slide fore and aft about 3 inches to benefit either 2nd- or 3rd-row legroom.Consumer Guide

The Acadia is good at what it does, offering plenty of room even for large families.Car and Driver

The seats are heated and can warm both the seat bottom and back or just the back.Cars.com

Great seat comfort and a quiet, well-constructed cabin are highlights of the GMC Acadia, which tucks in a massive amount of interior space in what's admittedly a pretty massive body. The Acadia's boxy profile makes the most of its role on the road, though the floor is somewhat higher that we've found in other crossover SUVs.

The Acadia can be configured to seat either seven or eight people, with its standard third-row seat. The difference lies in the middle seats, either a bench for three passengers or a pair of buckets with better access to the rearmost row. If it weren't for the lack of sliding side doors, it would be as roomy and nearly as flexible as a minivan.

The driver and front passenger get the best accommodations, with a high seating position, excellent visibility, and on the Denali, standard heating and ventilation and leather trim. The Denali's second-row seats are also heated and cooled, and on any version, the seats slide on a track to increase leg room or cargo room, depending on how you have the seats folded and filled.

The third-row seat is reserved for small adults at best. It's not so much the available space, but the access path to it. The seat itself lays low and close to the floor, so head room is okay for most grownups. Still, kids and adults will find the third-row seat a little easier to access with the captain's chair layout in the second row--with what GMC calls aisle seating--but in any case it's a little harder than in a minivan due to the somewhat higher floor. A Smart Slide feature does flip up the rear seat cushion and flip the seat forward, though, for easier access back there.

Cargo space is superb--provided you're not using the third-row seat. With the third row up, the Acadia has 24 cubic feet of room for cargo; fold down the second- and third-row seats, and it reveals 116 cubic feet of space. GMC also boasts that you can carry 48-inch-wide drywall and plywood. The only catch is that the Acadia's load floor sits a bit higher than in some other crossovers, so pieces of furniture might not fit as well. And for shorter drivers, the power tailgate might be a necessity.

The Acadia's interior is tight and quiet, with excellent damping of road, wind, and engine noise. GMC has also improved interior materials throughout the Acadia lineup over time, including more soft-touch materials, French stitching, and red ambient lighting. SLT and Denali models also get aluminum accents, with additional satin-chrome accents, perforated leather, and mahogany inserts in the Denali. The Denali is even quieter with its exclusive interior acoustic package.

Conclusion

The three-seat Acadia has very good room in most seats for adults, and it's a quiet and refined interior.

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